Jen

Jen is our Jill of all trades. She’ll make you look pretty and then take your picture. We like her. A lot.

She tells us to make love to the camera, I think she has that down pat. She's a minx.

When Tash aproached me to be involved in this calendar, I couldn’t wait to get my hands wet with the project.
This project came at a time that brought me very close to the subject. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, and was successful with treatment. She is still fighting her battle, but is on the upswing. During a routine mammogram was when they detected something unusual. It was a shock to us all that it was breast cancer since she is the first person in our family to ever have it. It just goes to show you that mammograms do make a lot of difference in detecting it, and as uncomfortable and scary it is to have, everyone should be making appointments to get checked.

Since I have some creative talents on my side I was able to help out with organization, photography and makeup. We have had an absolute blast doing the photo shoots, and since I am such a poser I couldn’t wait to get on the other side of the camera to my shoot! LOL

When Jen isn’t getting Natasha’s ass in gear, making us look pretty and taking our pictures, you can find her baking tasty treats and dodging TSN camera men.

Oh, and you should check out what her and her sister Amy do here.

“Lady X”

Lady X is extremely shy but wanted very much to support breast awareness and this calendar.

A medicine buddha cures the illness of suffering using the medicine of his teachings for all who enter my yard and stop to notice him

I remember my first mammogram. Although it was just a check up, and I have no history of breast cancer in my family, I will never forget the overwhelming emotions I experienced being topless with my breast being clamped down by the most horrendous machine and tears streaming down my face, palms sweaty, nervous as hell. Why was I crying? Because as a woman a large part of my identity is wrapped up in my breasts. The thought of having breast cancer, just the thought!, was too much. Society as a whole has lived with this for decades but we still do not have a cure. We are making improvements but we are not there yet. When Natasha approached me about this calendar I had to do it – if for nothing else than to eliminate a bit of the fear, uncertainty and doubt that occurs in what is a routine exam that helps detection. Through awareness and understanding we can hopefully remove this as a ‘taboo’ topic and deal with it head on with certainty and facts.

When Lady X is not letting us frolick topless in her back yard for some of the calendar shoots she can be found … well, we just can’t say. She is kinda shy.

Natasha

She’s a little bit Brit, a handful of Canuck and slice of Southern Belle.

This gal is camera shy.

Coming from a family of all women (my poor father), it is one of my greatest hopes that none of us ever have to endure this disease. There have been close calls, but fortunately it worked out in the end. Close family friends haven’t been as lucky, two of whom lost their brave fight, a few have lost their breasts in the process, while others have been fortunate to make it through. It is for the brave men and women who have fought, are fighting and will fight this disease that we are putting our best breasts forward.

When Natasha isn’t here blogging or putting together and posing in calendars, you can find her running away from crows and singing in the bathtub.

Ema

She’s Bulgarian and she means business.

The calmest I have ever seen this woman.

I wish and hope that the day is soon when this horrible disease has a cure. I think that every woman out there should do a little bit to help. I was inspired to join the group watching for years women in my family fighting to raise money for a cure and never giving up. Every little contribution and act of support brings us one step closer to achieving this.

When Ema isn’t posing for calendars you can find her behind the camera. Or, singing and dancing to some Bulgarian music at 7am in the office when no one else is there.

Alicia

Alicia is our old school beauty. She has a rad ride.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

When it comes to supporting an issue as important as this one, I have numerous reasons why. The biggest being that a number of family members have suffered the affects of this disease, including my mother in-law, who luckily has successfully finished battling breast cancer.
The fear of me one day having to live through this kind of trauma is very scary, so here I am putting my best breasts forward!

I am a young woman whom bashfully poses for calendars and enjoys everything aged.
Old music, old wine, old cheese, old cars, and old stories… I even prefer my men a little distinguished .

Emanuelle

She’s our bilingual bodacious babe.

She makes mean freezer jam.

Like far too many of us breast cancer has affected my life; both my aunt and my grandma have suffered from this awful disease. My grandma had a breast removed over 13 years ago and has been cancer free ever since. Sadly, my aunt was not as lucky in her fight and passed away 10 years ago. Although my aunt and grandma were the first people I knew that had breast cancer, I know with great sadness that they will not be the last. My reason for doing this calender is to start contributing to finding the cure so that women and men alike can live without the burden of this disease.

When Emanuelle isn’t posing in calendars, you can find her telling funny stories or making freezer jam with her mum.

Emma

Our Australian Blonde Bombshell. She likes shrimp on the barbie.

Because she's mysterious like that

Emma was inspired to take part in the Put Your Best Breast Forward 2009 Calendar as several women in her family have fought breast cancer, including an aunt who is presently undergoing treatment for the disease. When she’s not posing topless, Emma enjoys reading and collecting cat paraphernalia.